Wind-motor.



H. E. FOLGER.

WIND MOTOR.-

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 19, 1909.

Patented June 21,1910.

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T. H. E. POLGER.

WIND MOTOR.

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secured by means of guy THOMAS H. E. FOLGER, 0F CORRA'L, IDAHO.

WIND-MOTOR.

Application filed July 19, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. E. FoLGnR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Corral, in the county of Blaine and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind-Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to new and-useful improvements in power-applying mechanism and more particularly to that class adapted to be operated by wind and my object is to provide revolving frames, between which are positioned a plurality of blades.

A further object is to provide means for rotating the blades on the frame.

A further object is to provide means for moving the blades longitudinally and positioning said blades at the same relative angle and a further object is to provide a vane for positioning the blades to receive the pressure of the air thereon and a still further object is to provide means for locking the frame in fixed relation with said vane.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a top plan View of the power-applying mechanism complete. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation of the vane removed from the machine. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional View showing the manner of locking the frames in fixed relationship with the vane. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale as seen on line 4.--4c, Fig. 5, and, Fig. 5 is a vertical central sectional view through the power applyin mechanism.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 1 indicates a standard, the lower end of which is secured to any suitable form of supporting socket 2, while the upper end thereof is wires 8, said guy wires being secured in their length to the ends of spreaders 4., while the lower ends thereof are attached to anchoring stakes 5 and as said stakes are positioned a distance Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 508,292.

from the standard 1, the guy wires will be extended at anangle and will securely hold the standard in a rigid upright position.

Surrounding a portion of the standard 1 is a sleeve 6, the lower end of which preferably rests upon the upper end of the socket, while to the upper portion of said sleeve are secured frames 7, which frames are spaced apart and are preferably constructed of crossed arms 8 in the outer ends of which are rotatably mounted shafts 9 and on said shafts are mounted blades 10, which blades are provided at their axial centers with tubular sockets 11, through which the shafts 9 extend and in order to cause said blades to rotate with the shafts, pins 12 carried by the shafts 9, are extended through slots 13 in the sockets 11, said slots being placed at an angle to the axial trend of said sockets, for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

The blades 10 are employed for catching the wind and utilizing the force thereof to rotate the frames and tubular sleeve and in order to shift the position of the blades as they are traveling around the standard to prevent the same from gathering the wind, said blades are continually rotated with the shafts 9 by placing a driving gear 1 1 on the upper end of said shaft, with which meshes a pinion 15 on one end of a shaft 16, while to the opposite end of said shaft is secured a similar pinion 17, which meshes with a gear 18 surrounding the standard 1 at a point immediately above the upper end of the sleeve 6, said gear 18 being fixed to a tubular shaft 19 and to this tubular shaft is fixed a vane 20.

The vane 20-is normally held in a fixed position by the wind and by properly positioning the blades upon the shafts and likewise arranging the gearings which drive said shafts, the blades will be moved to the proper position to engage the wind when moved to one side of the motor, while the remaining blades are positioned to present the least resistance to the wind.

Should the course of the wind change, the vane 20 will be immediately swung around the standard, which will result in changing the angles of all of the blades to readjust them according to the direction of the wind.

Should it be desired to stop the motor, the blades are to be moved to parallel planes, which is accomplished through the medium of levers 21, said levers being pivoted in their length to brackets 22 on the arms 8 of the lower frame, the outer ends of said levers extending below the ends of the sockets 11, which sockets are preferably extended slightly beyond the lower ends of the blades, while the opposite ends of said levers are engaged by cables 23, which cables are extended downwardly through the lower frame 7 and engaged with a collar 24 surrounding the tubular sleeve 6 and it will be readily seen that by giving a downward pull on said. collar, the outer ends of the levers will be raised and the blades 10 moved longitudinally of the shafts 9. By properly arranging the angles of the slots in the blades, all of said blades will be brought to parallel planes and in view of the fact that one of said blades is always extended at right angles to the trend of the arms to which it is secured when the blade has reached a certain position, it is only necessary to elevate three of the blades to properly position them with respect to the other blades.

The object in bringing the blade to parallel planes, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, is to permit the wind to pass through the motor without causing a resistance thereon and when the motor is stopped and all of the blades brought to parallel planes, the trend of the blade being coincident to the trend of the vane, said vane will maintain the blades in position to present their edges to the wind at all times. As the wind frequently changes its course, the blades are held in parallel planes with the vane by providing a locking pin 25 which is carried by a latch 26, the pin extending upwardly through the lower frame 7 and snapping into engagement with a notch 27 in the gear 18 as the frames carrying the blades assume a position in their movement approximately in a plane parallel with the vane, thereby holding the frames in rigid connection with the vane, the momentum finally bringing the several blades in parallel planes with the vane.

The lockin pin 25 is held in engagement with the notc 27 by placing a spring 28 between the arm to which the latch is pivotally secured and the free end of the latch, said spring direct-ing downward pressure on the free end of the latch and holding the pin in engagement with its notch, but at such time as the motor is in operation, the pin is held out of engagement with the notch by means of an anchoring cable 29, one'end of which is attached to the latch adjacent the end thereof containing the locking pin, while the lower end of the cable is provided with loops 30, which are adapted to engage a finger 31 on the tubularsleeve 6, thus providing means for holding the locking pin out of engagement with the notch in the ear. g The cables 23 and collar 24 to which they are secured, are operated through the me dium of a lever 32, one end of which is pivoted to brackets 33 on the sleeve 6, While the opposite end thereof is provided with a latch 34 which is adapted to engage a rack 35 also secured to said sleeve, the lever being attached to the collar by means of links 36 and it will be readily seen that when the lever is swung downwardly, the collar and cables will be likewise given a downward pul The motor may be attached to a pump, or any other object requiring power to operate the same in any suitable manner, as by providing a gear 37 at the lower endof the tubular sleeve, with which meshes a pinion 38 in the end of a tubular shaft 39, thus harnessing the power produced by the motor and applying the same to use.

at I claim is:

1. In a wind operated motor, the combination of a standard, a sleeve receiving said standard and carrying a vane, a second sleeve also receiving said standard, frames carried by said second sleeve, shafts rotatably mounted in the ends of said frames and provided with lateral pins, blades mounted on said shafts and having angular slots therein, said pins being received by said slots, additional shafts geared to the first referred to shafts, means eflecting intergeared connection between the vane carrying sleeve and said additional shafts, means adapted to move said blades longitudinally upon said additional shafts, and manually actuated means adapted to effect connection between one of said frames and said intergeared means of connection between the vane carrying sleeve and said additional shafts.

the combination of a standard a sleeve receiving said standard and carrying a vane, a second sleeve also receiving said standard, frames carried by said second sleeve, shafts rotatably mounted in the ends of said frames and provided with lateral pins, blades mounted on said shafts and having angular slots therein,

2. In a wind motor,

said pins being received by said slots, additional shafts geared to the first referred to shafts, means elfecting intergeared connection between the vane carrying sleeve and said additional shafts, levers mounted upon said frames and having their outer ends arranged below and adapted to engage the lower ends of said blades, a latch having a pin engaging a pinion of said intergeared connection, means for securing said latch upon said second sleeve, a rack applied to said second sleeve, a manually actuated connection between said shafts and the sleeve lever, means effecting engagement between carrying said vane, a spring-pressed locksaid rack and said manually actuated lever. l ing pin effecting connection between one of 15 3. In a wind motor, the combination with said frames and said gearing, and means for a standard, of a sleeve adapted to receive actuating said locking pin.

said standard and carrying a vane, a second In testimony whereof I have signed my sleeve also receiving said standard, frames name to this specification in the presence of carried by said sleeve, blades rotatably two subscribing witnesses.

mounted in the ends of said frames, shafts THOMAS H. E. FOLGER.

for supporting said blades and provided Witnesses:

with pins, said blades having annular slots C. A. NEALE,

therein receiving said pins, gearing effecting C. S. FRYE. 

